Naaradan

Naaradan
Naaradan
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Aashiq Abu
Written by	Unni R.
Produced by	Santhosh T. Kuruvilla; Rima Kallingal; Aashiq Abu
Starring	Tovino Thomas; Anna Ben
Cinematography	Jaffer Zadique
Edited by	Saiju Sreedharan
Music by	Music: Sekhar Menon ; Original Score:; Yakzan Gary Pereira; Neha Nair
Production; company	OPM Cinemas
Distributed by	OPM Cinemas
Release date	3 March 2022;
Running time	149 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹7 crore (US$920,000)

Naaradan is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language political thriller film directed by Aashiq Abu starring Tovino Thomas, Anna Ben, Sharafudheen, and Vijayaraghavan in main roles.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The film was originally scheduled to be released in April 2021, but was postponed due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India. After multiple postponements , the film was theatrically released on 3 March 2022 to positive reviews.

Synopsis[]

Chandraprakash, an upcoming journalist of News Malayalam, is a talk show host and television news anchor with a huge audience appeal. He is under pressure for doing stories that increases channel's rating from his editors and bosses. When a fellow journalist, Pradeep does a new story and lands a job at News Malayalam, Chandraprakash throws away his own moral principles and focuses on being the number one. Investors seeking new revenue streams invests in him and he starts Narada News, through it he becomes a kingmaker, an influential person who is able to provoke social violence, etc. Fabricated and half-baked stories becomes his strategy to meet his ends and the film explores will a sociopath, power hungry person like him who thrives under the guise of an unassuming journalist could ever be stopped.

Cast[]

Tovino Thomas as Chandraprakash
Anna Ben as Shaakira Mohammed
Sharafudheen as Pradeep John
Joy Mathew as Shivadas Kurup, Chief Editor of News Malayalam
Vijayaraghavan as Babuji
Balachandran Chullikkad as Vijayan
Raghunath Paleri as Lawrence
Jayaraj Warrier as Bhrahmav
Rafi as Douglas
Kunchan as Gurudasan, Minister of Finance, Govt. of Kerala
Dileesh Nair as Freddy
Rajesh Madhavan as Manu
Indrans as Judge Chothi
Jaffer Idukki as Fr. Daniel Purambokkil (Purambokkil Achan)
Renji Panicker as Govinda Menon
Lukman Avaran as Amos
Vijaykumar Prabhakaran as Mukundan
Koottickal Jayachandran as Shivarajan
Navas Vallikkunnu as Nizar

Production[]

The film was announced in October 2020. Principal photography began on 25 January 2021.^[5]^[6]^[7] The film's shoot was wrapped up on 12 March 2021.^[8]

Release[]

The film was originally scheduled to be released in April 2021, but was postponed due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India.^[9] The film was later scheduled to release on 27 January 2022,^[10] but then postponed due to spreading of Omicron.^[11] The film was then released on 3 March 2022 along with Mammootty starrer Bheeshma Parvam.^[12]

References[]

^ "Naaradan". British Board of Film Classification. 15 March 2022. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ "'Naaradhan,' starring Tovino and Anna Ben, is a thriller - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "'നാരദനു'മായി ആഷിഖ് അബു; ടൊവിനോയും അന്ന ബെന്നും ഒന്നിക്കുന്നു". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "Tovino Thomas, Anna Ben roped in for Aashiq Abu's Naradan". OnManorama. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ Madhu, Vignesh (24 October 2020). "Naradhan: Tovino Thomas and Anna Ben in Aashiq Abu's next". onlookersmedia. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ CUE, THE. "ടൊവിനോയുടെ നാരദൻ തുടങ്ങി, സ്വിച്ചോൺ ചെയ്ത് റിമ, ക്ലാപ്പടിച്ച് അന്ന ബെൻ". The Cue (in Malayalam). Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "Tovino Thomas and Anna Ben to star in Aashiq Abu's Naradan". Filmfare. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ "TOVINO THOMAS WRAPS UP HIS NEXT 'NARADHAN'". Indiaglitz. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "ആഷിഖ് അബു - ടൊവിനോ ചിത്രം, 'നാരദന്' തുടക്കം". Mathrubhumi. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Naradhan First Look : 'മിന്നല്‍ മുരളി'ക്ക് ശേഷം ടൊവീനോ; ആഷിക് അബുവിന്‍റെ 'നാരദന്‍' ഫസ്റ്റ് ലുക്ക്". Asianet News. 19 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "ഒമിക്രോൺ വ്യാപനം; ടൊവീനോയുടെ 'നാരദനും' വരാൻ വൈകും" [Naradhan movie release postponed due to covid omicron threat]. Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). 15 January 2022.
^ "'നാരദൻ' മാർച്ചിൽ തീയേറ്ററുകളിലേക്ക്; ��ിലീസ് തീയതി പുറത്ത് വിട്ടു". Mathrubhumi. 4 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[1] "Naaradan". British Board of Film Classification. 15 March 2022. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

[2] "'Naaradhan,' starring Tovino and Anna Ben, is a thriller - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[3] "'നാരദനു'മായി ആഷിഖ് അബു; ടൊവിനോയും അന്ന ബെന്നും ഒന്നിക്കുന്നു". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[4] "Tovino Thomas, Anna Ben roped in for Aashiq Abu's Naradan". OnManorama. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[5] Madhu, Vignesh (24 October 2020). "Naradhan: Tovino Thomas and Anna Ben in Aashiq Abu's next". onlookersmedia. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[6] CUE, THE. "ടൊവിനോയുടെ നാരദൻ തുടങ്ങി, സ്വിച്ചോൺ ചെയ്ത് റിമ, ക്ലാപ്പടിച്ച് അന്ന ബെൻ". The Cue (in Malayalam). Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[7] "Tovino Thomas and Anna Ben to star in Aashiq Abu's Naradan". Filmfare. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

[8] "TOVINO THOMAS WRAPS UP HIS NEXT 'NARADHAN'". Indiaglitz. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[9] "ആഷിഖ് അബു - ടൊവിനോ ചിത്രം, 'നാരദന്' തുടക്കം". Mathrubhumi. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[10] "Naradhan First Look : 'മിന്നല്‍ മുരളി'ക്ക് ശേഷം ടൊവീനോ; ആഷിക് അബുവിന്‍റെ 'നാരദന്‍' ഫസ്റ്റ് ലുക്ക്". Asianet News. 19 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[11] "ഒമിക്രോൺ വ്യാപനം; ടൊവീനോയുടെ 'നാരദനും' വരാൻ വൈകും" [Naradhan movie release postponed due to covid omicron threat]. Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). 15 January 2022.

[12] "'നാരദൻ' മാർച്ചിൽ തീയേറ്ററുകളിലേക്ക്; ��ിലീസ് തീയതി പുറത്ത് വിട്ടു". Mathrubhumi. 4 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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